A new report shows that support for same-sex marriage among college freshmen has increased by 13% in the last decade.
According to the Higher Education Research Institute, acceptance of gay marriage among first-year students is higher than almost all other group sorted by race, religion, and political leanings.
Sixty-nine percent of college freshmen support gay marriage, up from 56% in 2000. Since the survey began asking in 1997, research indicates that support for same-sex marriage has jumped 21% among left-leaning students, 16% among moderate students and 2% among right-leaning students.
Executive director Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry points to personal experience as a source of growing support among students. "Young people who know gay people, talk with them, and examine why marriage matters in the lives of real people move in support,” he said in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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